|
Re: PCOS, Infertility and Pregnacy
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:39:48 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Tracie!
Thanks for the info, it's really encouraging...and congrats for your
baby!
Leandra.
At Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Tracy wrote:
>
>Leandra:
>Hi! I'm sure others will back me up on this, but just because you have a
>period does not mean you have ovulated. I know, I was surprised too!
>For the past few years I had been having irregular periods and finally a
>blood test come back that said I was anovulatory (no ovulation). This
>combined with a higher than normal result on my IGTT prompted my doctor
>to put me on metformin at the beginning of May. I am happy to say that
>it worked, it produced an ovulatory cycle, and I am now almost 7 weeks
>pregnant! I would talk to your doctor about metformin (generic for
>Glucophage). I have read on these boards of amazing results in
>"infertile" women, and my own little "Sprout" is all the proof I need!
>Best of luck to you!
>Tracy
>
>At Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Leandra wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >While single between 1998 & 1999 I went through a time of irregular
> >periods, and I was told to had PCOS. I went through the BCP treatment
> >for 3 months, and it's been 2 years and my period has been regular ever
> >since. The treatmet occurred in late 2000, which is the year I got
> >married, and after I stopped the BCP, and with my period being regular,
> >I have not gotten pregnant since then, but it's not like we've tried
> >until recently. We went to the doctor to get evaluated for infertility,
> >I had an HSG done and came out normal, both tubes are open. My husband
> >had the semen analysis done, but the sperm count came out low.
> >My questions are the following:
> >
> >1. given that I'm getting my periods every month (therefore ovulating
> >regularly), would this indicate that my PCOS is gone? Is the regular
> >ovulation indicative that I don't have PCOS anymore or are there other
> >factors that need to be considered?
> >
> >2. My husbands sperm count was low, but could it be the only reason why
> >I haven't become pregnant? Could it be related to PCOS even if I'm
> >ovulating regularly?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any input.
> >
> >--
> >Leandra
> >
|
|
![[ PCOS Discussion Forums ]](../../images/pcos_at_obgyn.gif)